Beirut, Lebanon
Taking into consideration that the St. Cross Church which has been renovated by the Turkish authorities and will be functioning as a museum and not a Church under the spiritual authority of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, as well as taking into consideration the fact that Turkey till this day denies the historical facts of the Armenian Genocide, His Beatitude Nerses Bderos XIX, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia for the Armenian Catholics has refused to participate or send any representative on His behalf for the official opening ceremony of Aghtamar’s St. Cross Church that will take place on the 29th of March, 2007.
March 28, 2007
Secretariat
Armenian Catholic Patriarchate